Grieving dad describes last time he saw son found in boot of torched car

A grieving dad described the last time he saw his son before he was killed and left in the boot of a torched car.
Prosecutors say Joseph McKeever was brutally beaten to death in an attack reminiscent of a US TV show about gangsters.
Firefighters discovered the 54-year-old’s body in the boot of a stolen Ford Focus ST, which was set alight in a field in Everton.
Doctors said the dad-of-one suffered a severe head injury plus two broken kneecaps and had been strangled with a ligature.
His ordeal allegedly began at a Kensington garage – where Jamie Grimes worked – and ended at Darren Colecozy’s... read more

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